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The Minister for Justice has expressed disappointment that "significant progress" by Government in eliminating human trafficking was not acknowledged in a recent international report.

An INTERPOL-led operation targeting migrant smuggling across the Mediterranean has led to the arrest of 262 suspects for human trafficking and other crimes Read More: https://punchng.com/interpol-arrests-262-human-trafficking-suspects-others/

The charges against the employee of a company specialising in employing Indigenous workers will raise fresh questions about the government’s social procurement policy.

Angie Pena's disappearance in 2022 exposed what prosecutors called a sex-trafficking network and state corruption.

Francis Okogun, an anti-drug agency official in Nigeria, has countered a notion he says his South African counterparts often convey – that Nigerian citizens frequently traffic drugs. Okogun has pointed out that South Africans have recently been arrested in Nigeria in illicit drug cases and are allegedly helping cartels move consignments through that country.

A Nigerian man, Felix Omoruyi, has been charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, sex trafficking of a minor, and related charges in the United States. Read More: https://punchng.com/man-faces-15-years-imprisonment-for-sex-trafficking-in-us/

The Delta State Government says it is prosecuting more than 15 human trafficking cases at the state High Court as part of efforts to curb the exploitation of residents through illegal migration and fraudulent overseas employment offers. Read More: https://punchng.com/delta-prosecutes-over-15-human-trafficking-cases/

An amnesiac sashimi chef learns he was once the star surgeon of an organ-trafficking syndicate in “Hannibal Inside,” a crime thriller series from Studio76 adapted from “The Monster Community,” a novel the producers picked up from Kadokawa Taiwan. The project is at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) in Taipei. Two years after a car […]

The human trafficking victims of Jennifer Lynn Stephens included several adults, as well as a 13-year-old girl who had already been the victim of sex trafficking.

The Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) has arrested 12 men after a “proactive human trafficking enforcement initiative” dubbed Project Firebird that was carried out in October. The initiative spanned 10 days and targeted individuals looking to buy sexual services from someone they believed to be 15 years old. DRPS explains that as part of the […]

NDLEA Chairman, Mohamed Marwa, has declared war on drug abuse and trafficking in Edo State, urging stakeholders to join the fight against illicit drugs. Read More: https://punchng.com/marwa-declares-war-on-drug-abuse-trafficking-in-edo/

The NDLEA has raised concerns over the increasing involvement of South African nationals in drug trafficking, arresting three suspects with heroin and coca Read More: https://punchng.com/ndlea-raises-the-alarm-over-south-africans-in-drug-trafficking/

The network’s distribution model involved converting each kilogram of marijuana into about 150 small packets, which were sold for ₹300 each

The 64-year-old also spat on two other officers during his arrest.

York Regional Police say they have seized $7.5 million worth of drugs after an investigation into a criminal group allegedly involved in a wide-ranging operation of producing, trafficking and exporting illegal cannabis. The investigation, dubbed project North Star, was led by York Regional Police’s Complex Investigation Unit in collaboration with the London

A Toronto man is facing charges in connection to a human trafficking investigation in the Greater Toronto Area. Police began the investigation this past summer when a female victim reported being exploited within the sex trade between June 2024 and October 2025. “The suspect recruited the victim through a mutual friend and forced her into […]

The girls were trafficked and sold from the border districts of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to various cities in Maharashtra; human rights body takes suo motu cognisance of media reports

Saskatchewan's government is considering new, hospitality sector-specific legislation to combat human trafficking at hotels, motels and short-term rentals.

The Lagos State Police Command has rescued three young girls from a suspected human trafficking operation in the Badagry area of the state. Read More: https://punchng.com/human-trafficking-police-rescue-three-girls-in-lagos/

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 — The High Court today sentenced a couple to 30 years in prison after finding them guilty of...

Dozens of West Africans lured to Guinea-Bissau with promises of jobs and migration to Europe say they were exploited by a suspected trafficking network. Now many cannot afford to return home.

Eight men were sentenced to life in jail by the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal over their involvement in an arms trafficking network connected to the Sudanese civil war. Rashid Omar Abdul Qadir Ali; Salah Abdullah Mohammed Mohammed Saleh, also known as Salah Gosh; Ahmed Abdullah, known as Abdullah Khalafallah; Ahmed Rabie Sayed Ahmed; Mohammed Fath Al Bei

Three brothers found guilty of leveraging their wealth to drug and rape women across luxury locales in the US have been sentenced.

The trio - two of whom were high-profile US real estate moguls - were found guilty using their social status to lure women to parties and then raping them.

Three brothers, two of whom were powerful luxury real estate brokers, have been sentenced to 30 years in prison each for a sex trafficking ring that victimized dozens of women. CBS News' Katrina Kaufman has the details.

Judge Valerie Caproni rejected prosecutors’ request for life sentences, calling it “draconian,” as 11 victims addressed the court.

Three brothers convicted of exploiting their wealth have received their punishment after 11 of their accusers spoke in court.

Federal prosecutors asked the judge for the maximum sentence -- life in prison -- while the brothers asked for 15 years.

Alon, Oren and Tal Alexander have been sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking after the trio was convicted of drugging and raping dozens of women.

The three siblings used their wealth and influence to lure and sexually assault women for more than a decade. Eleven of the victims spoke on Tuesday before the brothers were sentenced.

Federal prosecutors were seeking life sentences for Oren, Alon and Tal Alexander.

Police at OR Tambo International Airport seized a R200m cocaine shipment hidden inside luggage arriving from Brazil. Meanwhile, Brazilian detectives are cracking down on an organised crime ring that uses commercial flights to traffic drugs into South Africa and around the world.

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A 17-year member of the York Regional Police force is facing more than half a dozen charges following a joint investigation involving Peel Regional Police. Investigators say 44-yar-old Sgt. Kin Pong Wong was charged on October 23, 2026, with breach of trust, unauthorized use of a computer, possession of property obtained through crime, possession for […]

Parties to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime have unanimously adopted an Egyptian-sponsored resolution aimed at strengthening efforts to combat illicit trafficking in cultural property, dismantle criminal networks and disrupt related financial flows. The resolution was adopted during the convention’s 13th Conference of the Parties in Vi

Peel Regional Police have arrested a man in connection with a drug trafficking investigation after community members complained about drug trafficking in the Meadowvale area. The investigation began in September, resulting in the execution of a search warrant on Oct. 10 at a home near Winston Churchill Boulevard and Derry Road. During the search investigator

A case Saskatchewan Crown prosecutors are calling precedent-setting for human trafficking convictions in the province has concluded with a judge’s sentencing decision.

Police arrest 29 people after uncovering two illegal casinos operating in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, as part of a wider investigation into alleged drug manufacturing.

The Nigerian Navy and Apapa Local Government in Lagos are seeking stronger collaboration to tackle drug trafficking, illegal migration, and child abuse. Read More: https://punchng.com/navy-lagos-lg-seek-collaboration-to-curb-drug-human-trafficking/

Virginia Democratic state senator L. Louise Lucas has been indicted on charges stemming from a marijuana trafficking conspiracy and corruption probe, the DOJ says.

 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 — Police have crippled ‘Geng Yunaa’, believed to be involved in 17 cas...

 PUTRAJAYA, Oct 22 — The Court of Appeal today overturned a High Court decision that had released a wheelchai...

New Mexico’s attorney general sued Jeffrey Epstein’s attorney and accountant on Wednesday, accusing them of concealing his sex trafficking operation at a Santa Fe-area ranch where the disgraced financier once entertained guests.

Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn allegedly helped finance and conceal Epstein's sex trafficking, which included abuse at his Zorro Ranch, a lawsuit says.

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has submitted legal amendments that would intensify drug suppression through longer detention, greater data access for authorities and a redefinition of all drug possessors as traffickers.